Kondoparinga was amongst the earliest group of district councils established in South Australia, being proclaimed on 22 October 1853, the same day as the adjacent Echunga, Macclesfield and Mount Barker councils.

Kondoparinga was abolished in March 1935, taking effect from 1 May that year, by enactment of the Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931.

The western boundary stretched northwards from Mount Magnificent south and north trig stations to Wickham Hill and the Onkaparinga River just north of Blewitt Springs.

The northern boundary stretched eastwards from Blewitt Springs to Mount Panorama trig station, north east to the Onkaparinga just west of the present-day Mount Bold Reservoir, east along the river to approximately the centre of the present-day reservoir, then south south east to a point about 2.7 km (1.7 mi) north-west of the Meadows town centre and from there generally eastwards to the hundred boundary about the same distance east of the township.

The council area also included the majority of Kuitpo Forest Reserve in the west, and present-day land reserves of Bullock Hill, Cox Scrub and Finniss Conservation Parks in the south.